PESI WS

PESI WS provides standardized and harmonized taxonomic reference systems and expert-curated taxonomic concepts to support biodiversity assessment, monitoring, and taxonomic indexing across Europe as part of the Pan-European Species-directories Infrastructure (PESI).

Key Features:

• Standardization: Ensures consistent taxonomic reference systems and interpretation of taxonomy across biological sciences and nature conservation.
• Data Quality and Completeness: Enhances taxonomic dataset quality and completeness through expert curation.
• Integrated Access: Provides integrated access to diverse taxonomic data and interaction with European community networks involved in taxonomic indexing.
• Dynamic Expert Curation: Maintains continuous updating and harmonization of taxonomic concepts via expert curation.

Scientific Applications:

• Biodiversity assessment: Supplies standardized taxonomic references to support accurate biodiversity assessment across regions and datasets.
• Ecosystem resource management: Supports ecosystem resource management and sustainable use initiatives through harmonized taxonomic data.
• Species identification and ecological studies: Aids species identification and ecological research by providing reliable, curated taxonomic concepts and names.
• Conservation policy and decision-making: Informs conservation efforts and policy-making processes by delivering consistent taxonomic information.

Methodology:

Strengthening social (expertise) and information (standards, data, technical capacities) infrastructures within major European community networks to provide and maintain standardized, expert-curated taxonomic reference systems.